July 17, '68: Jane Asher misses the Yellow Submarine premiere and reports her breakup with Paul to the BBC

By editorial board on July 17, 2023

Watch The Beatles and other stars attending the World Première of Yellow Submarine 17 July 1968

The world première of The Beatles' animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, took place on this evening (of 1968) at the London Pavilion on Piccadilly Circus.  

Although the group had largely retreated from the public eye in recent months, with their trip to India and the recording of the White Album, their popularity remained undiminished. As with their previous film openings, large crowds turned out, blocking streets and bringing traffic to a standstill.

 

The only Beatle to arrive alone was Paul McCartney, whose fiancée Jane Asher was absent. Three days later she announced the end of their relationship on BBC television.  News spread when Asher had failed to attend the world première of Yellow Submarine three days earlier; all the other Beatles' partners were there.

What happened was that  Asher arrived unexpectedly at McCartney's home in Cavendish Avenue, London, where she reportedly found him in bed with Francie Schwartz.

She walked out and sent her mother to collect her belongings, signalling an end to the relationship.

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One of the fans who used to hang around McCartney’s house at 7 Cavendish Avenue in St Johns Wood, London, says that “…Paul brought this American girl home…[and a little while later]…another car turned into Cavendish Avenue — it was Jane. Jane went into the house. A bit later on she came storming out again and drove away.

“I always feel very wary including Jane in The Beatles' history. She's never gone into print about our relationship, whilst everyone on earth has sold their story. So I'd feel weird being the one to kiss and tell. (Paul)

Francie Schwartz (born 1944) is an American scriptwriter and the former girlfriend,

during the late 1960s, of Paul McCartney, who referred to her as “Franny”. At the time McCartney was engaged to the actress Jane Asher, who broke off the engagement after she found them in bed together. In 1972 Schwartz wrote an account of these events in her “early autobiography”, Body Count.

McCartney gave her a job working for Derek Taylor, Apple Corps’ Public Relations manager, writing press releases for various Apple Corps artists including James Taylor, Mary Hopkin, Badfinger and Jackie Lomax.

Among the other guests at the premiere,  were The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, plus members of The Who, Status Quo and Grapefruit.

 

Yellow Submarine which premiered on July 17 1968 will return to cinemas across the United States, Britain and Ireland this summer marking its fiftieth anniversary.

The audio, which features Beatles songs like A Day in the Life and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was remixed in 5.1 stereo sound at Abbey Road Studios, where the Beatles recorded most of their work.

An unmissable cinema event, this momentous big-screen revival will give generations of audiences the golden opportunity to revisit Pepperland for the 50th anniversary of the film’s original release.

 

The visionary feature film designed by the great art director Heinz Edelmann can now be experienced in glorious surround sound with the groundbreaking animation presented in stunningly-remastered 4k. Looking and sounding better than ever before, join John, Paul, George and Ringo on the technicolour adventure of a lifetime.

 

Illustrated with mind-bending moving images, YELLOW SUBMARINE tells the story of how The Beatles battle the music-hating Blue Meanies armed only with the power of love.From Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds to Nowhere Man, and Eleanor Rigby to All You Need Is Love, YELLOW SUBMARINE features some of the most-loved songs from the greatest band the world has ever known.

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